Defn: Same as Hydrochloric.
CHLORHYDRINChlor`hy"drin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.
CHLORICChlo"ric, a. Etym: [From Chlorine.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; — said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. Chloric ether (Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch.
CHLORIDATEChlo"ri*date, v.t.
Defn: To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.
CHLORIDEChlo"ride, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical;as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, salammoniac.— Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance,CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.— Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
CHLORIDICChlo*rid"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.
CHLORIDIZEChlo"rid*ize, v. t.
Defn: See Chloridate.
CHLORIMETRYChlo*rim"e*try, n.
Defn: See Chlorometry.
CHLORINATEChlo"rin*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chlorinated; p. pr. & vb. n.Chlorinating.] (Chem.)
Defn: To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.
CHLORINATIONChlo`ri*na"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
CHLORINEChlo"rine, n. Etym: [Gr. Yellow.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiariries.
CHLORIODICChlor`i*od"ic, a.
Defn: Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.
CHLORIODINEChlor`i"o*dine, n.
Defn: A compound of chlorine and iodine. [R.]
CHLORITEChlo"rite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
CHLORITEChlo"rite, n. Etym: [Chlorous + -ite.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.
CHLORITICChlo*rit"ic, a. Etym: [From 1st Chlorite.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.
CHLORMETHANEChlor`meth"ane, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; — called also methyl chloride.
CHLORO-Chlo"ro-. (Chem.)
Defn: A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.
CHLOROCRUORINChlo`ro*cru"o*rin, n. Etym: [Gr. cruorin.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms. Ray Lankester.
CHLORODYNEChlo"ro*dyne, n. Etym: [From chlorine, in imitation of anodyne.](Med.)
Defn: A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
CHLOROFORMChlo"ro*form, n. Etym: [Chlorine + formyl, it having been regarded asa trichloride of this radical: cf. F. chloroforme, G. chloroform.](Chem.)
Defn: A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anæsthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.
CHLOROFORMChlo"ro*form, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chloroformed; p. pr. & vb. n.Chloroforming.]
Defn: To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.
CHLOROLEUCITEChlo`ro*leu"cite, n. Etym: [Gr. leucite.] (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Chloroplastid.
CHLOROMETER Chlo*rom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Cf. F. chloromètre. See Chlorine, and - meter.]
Defn: An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
CHLOROMETRYChlo*rom"e*try, n.
Defn: The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.
CHLOROPALChlo*ro"pal, n. Etym: [Gr. opal.] (Min.)
Defn: A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
CHLOROPEPTICChlo`ro*pep"tic, a. Etym: [Chlorine + peptic.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin- hydrochloric acid.
CHLOROPHANEChlo"ro*phane, n. Etym: [Gr. chlorophane.]
1. (Min.)
Defn: A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.
CHLOROPHYLLChlo"ro*phyll, n. Etym: [Gr. chlorophylle.] (Bot.)
Defn: Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Written also chlorophyl.]
CHLOROPLASTChlo"ro*plast, n. [Pref. chloro-+ Gr. to mold, form.] (Biol.)
Defn: A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms.
CHLOROPLASTIDChlo`ro*plas"tid, n. Etym: [Gr. plastid.] (Bot.)
Defn: A granule of chlorophyll; — also called chloroleucite.
CHLOROPLATINICChlo`ro*pla*tin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: See Platinichloric.
CHLOROSISChlo*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. chlorose.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
CHLOROTICChlo*rot"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. chlorotique.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.
CHLOROUSChlo"rous, a. Etym: [See Chlorine.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; — said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO2.
2. (Chem. Physics)
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; — opposed to basylous or zincous. [Obs.]
CHLORPICRINChlor`pi"crin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [Written also chloropikrin.]
CHLORURETChlo"ru*ret, n. Etym: [Cf. F. chlorure.] (Chem.)
Defn: A chloride. [Obs.]
CHOAKChoak, v. t. & i.
Defn: See Choke.
CHOANOIDCho"a*noid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Funnel-shaped; — applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.
CHOCARDCho"card, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chough.
CHOCKChock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking.]
Defn: To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
CHOCKChock, v. i.
Defn: To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller.
CHOCKChock, n.
1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
CHOCKChock, adv. (Naut.)
Defn: Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
CHOCKChock, v. t. Etym: [F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t.]
Defn: To encounter. [Obs.]
CHOCKChock, n.
Defn: An encounter. [Obs.]
CHOCKABLOCKChock"a*block, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.
CHOCK-FULLChock"-full`, a.
Defn: Quite full; choke-full.
CHOCOLATEChoc"o*late, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the cacao. Cf.Cacao, Cocoa.]
1. A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.
2. The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk. Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served with chocolate. — Chocolate nut. See Cacao.
CHOCTAWSChoc"taws, n. pl.
Defn: ; sing. Choctaw. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.
CHODEChode,
Defn: the old imp. of chide. See Chide.
CHOGSETChog"set, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Cunner.
CHOICE Choice, n. Etym: [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. *46. Cf. Choose.]
1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option. Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.
3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon.
4. A sufficient number to choose among. Shak.
5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. The common wealth is sick of their own choice. Shak.
6. The best part; that which is preferable. The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound. Milton. To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
Syn. - See Volition, Option.
CHOICEChoice, a. [Compar. Choicer; superl. Choicest.]
1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.
2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; — used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. Choice word measured phrase. Wordsworth.
Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/
CHOICEFULChoice"ful, a.
Defn: Making choices; fickle. [Obs.]His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser.
CHOICELYChoice"ly, adv.
1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak.
2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton.
CHOICENESSChoice"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.
CHOIRChoir, n. Etym: [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. choeur, fr. L. chorus achoral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. hortus garden, and E. yard. SeeChorus.]
1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]
2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: The chancel. Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. — Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. — Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T. Warton.
CHOKEChoke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] Etym:[OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. aceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka togulp, E. chincough, cough.]
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak.
2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. Addison.
3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. Dryden.
4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.
5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
CHOKEChoke, v. i.
1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. The words choked in his throat. Sir W. Scott.
CHOKEChoke, n.
1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
CHOKEBERRYChoke"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
CHOKEBOREChoke"bore`, n.
1. In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance (usually 2½ to 3 inches) to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
2. A shotgun that is made with such a bore.
CHOKEBOREChoke"bore`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chokebored; p. pr. & vb. n.Chokeboring.]
Defn: To provide with a chokebore.
CHOKECHERRYChoke"cher`ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (PrunusVirginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
CHOKE DAMPChoke" damp`.
Defn: See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
CHOKEDARCho`ke*dar", n. Etym: [Hindi chauki-dar.]
Defn: A watchman; an officer of customs or police. [India]
CHOKE-FULLChoke"-full`, a.
Defn: Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.
CHOKE PEARChoke" pear`.
1. A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.
2. A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered. [Low] S. Richardson.
CHOKERChok"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, chokes.
2. A stiff wide cravat; a stock. [Slang]
CHOKE-STRAPChoke"-strap`, n. (Saddlery)
Defn: A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
CHOKINGChok"ing, a.
1. That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.
2. Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.
CHOKING COILChoking coil. (Elec.)
Defn: A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; —called also reactance coil or reactor, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage.
CHOKY; CHOKEYChok"y Chok"ey, a.
1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. "A deep and choky voice." Aytoun. The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey. T. Hughes.
CHOLAEMAACho*læ"ma*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.
CHOLAGOGUEChol"a*gogue, a. Etym: [Gr. cholagogue.] (Med.)
Defn: Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.— n.
Defn: An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
CHOLATECho"late, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.
CHOLECYSTISChol`e*cys"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The gall bladder.
CHOLECYSTOTOMYChol`e*cys*tot"o*my, n. Etym: [Cholecystis + Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.
CHOLEDOLOGYChol`e*dol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy. Cf. F. cholédologie.] (Med.)
Defn: A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison.
Note: Littré says that the word cholédologie is absolutely barbarous, there being no Greek word cholology.
CHOLEICCho*le"ic, a. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid.
CHOLER Chol"er, n. Etym: [OE. coler, F. colère anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. Gall, and cf. Cholera.]
1. The bile; — formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.] His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton.
2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath. He is rash and very sudden in choler. Shak.
CHOLERAChol"er*a, n. Etym: [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.] (Med.)
Defn: One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice- water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever. — Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus. — Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities. — Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. — Chicken cholera. See under Chicken. — Hog cholera. See under Hog. — Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic.
CHOLERAICChol`er*a"ic, a.
Defn: Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.
CHOLERICChol"er*ic, a. Etym: [L. cholericus, Gr. cholérique.]
1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. Dryden.
2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. "Choleric speech." Sir W. Raleigh. Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.
CHOLERICLYChol"er*ic*ly, adv.
Defn: In a choleric manner; angrily.
CHOLERIFORMChol"er*i*form`, a. Etym: [Cholera + -form.]
Defn: Resembling cholera.
CHOLERINE Chol"er*ine, n. (Med.) (a) The precursory symptoms of cholera. (b) The first stage of epidemic cholera. (c) A mild form of cholera.
CHOLEROIDChol"er*oid, a. Etym: [Cholera + -oid.]
Defn: Choleriform.
CHOLESTERICCho`les*ter"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. cholestérique.]
Defn: Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure.
CHOLESTERINCho*les"ter*in, n. Etym: [Gr. cholestérine. See Stearin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.
CHOLIAMB; CHOLIAMBICCho"li*amb, Cho`li*am"bic, n. Etym: [L. choliambus, Gr. (Pros.)
Defn: A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
CHOLIC; CHOLINICChol"ic, Cho*lin"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile. Cholic acid (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.
CHOLINECho"line, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: See Neurine.
CHOLOCHROMEChol"o*chrome, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: See Bilirubin.
CHOLOPHAEINChol`o*phæ"in, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: See Bilirubin.
CHOLTRYChol"try, n.
Defn: A Hindoo caravansary.
CHOMAGECho`mage", n. [F. chomage.]
1.
Defn: Stoppage; cessation (of labor).
2. A standing still or idle (of mills, factories, etc.).
CHOMPChomp, v. i.
Defn: To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Halliwell.
CHONDRIFICATIONChon`dri*fi*ca"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.
CHONDRIFYChon"dri*fy, v. t. & i. Etym: [Gr. -fy.]
Defn: To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
CHONDRIGENChon"dri*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.
CHONDRIGENOUSChon*drig"e*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. -genous.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Affording chondrin.
CHONDRINChon"drin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.
CHONDRITEChon"drite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.
CHONDRITICChon*drit"ic, a. (Min.)
Defn: Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
CHONDRITISChon*dri"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: An inflammation of cartilage.
CHONDRO-Chon"dro-. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos.
CHONDRODITEChon"dro*dite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.
CHONDROGANOIDEAChon`dro*ga*noi"de*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ganoidei. See Ganoid.](Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; — so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.
CHONDROGENChon"dro*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Same as Chondrigen.
CHONDROGENESISChon`dro*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Gr. genesis.] (Physiol.)
Defn: The development of cartilage.
CHONDROIDChon"droid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]
Defn: Resembling cartilage.
CHONDROLOGYChon*drol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. chondrologie.] (Anat.)
Defn: The science which treats of cartilages. Dunglison.
CHONDROMAChon*dro"ma, n.; pl. Chondromata. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.]
Defn: A cartilaginous tumor or growth.
CHONDROMETERChon*drom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]
Defn: A steelyard for weighting grain.
CHONDROPTERYGIANChon*drop`ter*yg"i*an, a. Etym: [Cf. F. chondropterygien.]
Defn: Having a cartilaginous skeleton.— n.
Defn: One of the Chondropterygii.
CHONDROPTERYGIIChon*drop`te*ryg"i*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [Written also Chondropterygia.]
CHONDROSTEIChon*dros"te*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; — so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous.
CHONDROTOMYChon*drot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The dissection of cartilages.
CHONDRULEChon"drule, n. Etym: [Dim. from Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
CHOOSE Choose, v. t. [imp. Chose; p. p. Chosen, Chose (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] Etym: [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ceósan; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kjosa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. jush to enjoy. *46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.]
1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. Pope.
2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.]The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteelapartment. Goldsmith.To choose sides. See under Side.
Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. — To Choose, Prefer, Elect. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.
CHOOSEChoose, v. i.
1. To make a selection; to decide. They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. Prescott.
2. To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile" Pope. Can not choose but, must necessarily. Thou canst not choose but know who I am. Shak.
CHOOSERChoos"er, n.
Defn: One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector. Burke.
CHOPChop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.] Etym:[Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. Chap to crack.]
1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; — often with up.
2. To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; — usually with off or down. Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak.
3. To seize or devour greedily; — with up. [Obs.] Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange.
CHOPChop, v. i.
1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. L'Estrange.
3. To interrupt; — with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. Latimer.
CHOPChop, v. t. Etym: [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf.Chap, v. i., to buy.]
1. To barter or truck.
2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. We go on chopping and changing our friends. L'Estrange. To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.
CHOPChop, v. i.
1. To purchase by way of truck.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon.
CHOPChop, n.
Defn: A change; a vicissitude. Marryat.
CHOPChop, v. t. & i.
Defn: To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
CHOPChop, n.
1. The act of chopping; a stroke.
2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
3. A crack or cleft. See Chap.
CHOPChop, n. Etym: [See Chap.]
1. A jaw of an animal; — commonly in the pl. See Chops.
2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
CHOPChop, n. Etym: [Chin. & Hind. chap stamp, brand.]
1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
2. A permit or clearance. Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped toattest its purity.— chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality ofleaf.— Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.— Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. S. W. Williams.
CHOPBOATChop"boat`, n. Etym: [Chin. chop sort, quality.]
Defn: A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. [China] S. W. Williams.
CHOPCHURCHChop"church`, n. Etym: [See Chop to barter.] (Old Eng. Law)
Defn: An exchanger or an exchange of benefices. [Cant]
CHOPFALLENChop`fall`en, a.
Defn: Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited;downcast. See Chapfallen.
CHOPHOUSEChop"house`, n.
Defn: A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house.The freedom of a chophouse. W. Irving.
CHOPHOUSEChop"house`, n. Etym: [See Chop quality.]
Defn: A customhouse where transit duties are levied. [China] S. W.Williams.
CHOPINChop"in, n. Etym: [F. chopine, fr. G. schoppen.]
Defn: A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.
CHOPINChop"in, n.
Defn: See Chopine.
CHOPINE Cho*pine", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim.]
Defn: A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc.] Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak.
CHOP-LOGICChop"-log`ic, n.
Defn: One who bandies words or is very argunentative. [Jocular] Shak.
CHOPNESSChop"ness, n.
Defn: A kind of spade. [Eng.]
CHOPPERChop"per, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, chops.
CHOPPINGChop"ping, a. Etym: [Cf. Chubby.]
Defn: Stout or plump; large. [Obs.] Fenton.
CHOPPINGChop"ping, a. Etym: [See Chop to barter.]
Defn: Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
CHOPPINGChop"ping, n.
Defn: Act of cutting by strokes. Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. — Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; — usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.
CHOPPYChop"py, a. Etym: [Cf. Chappy.]
1. Full of cracks. "Choppy finger." Shak.
2. Etym: [Cf. Chop a change.]
Defn: Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.
CHOPSChops, n. pl. Etym: [See Chop a jaw.]
1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.
2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.
CHOPSTICKChop"stick", n.
Defn: One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by theChinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
CHOP SUEY; CHOP SOOY Chop su"ey or Chop soo"y . [Chin. (Cantonese) shap sui odds and ends, fr. shap for sap to enter the mouth + sui small bits pounded fine.]
Defn: A mélange served in Chinese restaurants to be eaten with rice, noodles, etc. It consists typically of bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, etc., and sliced meats, fried and flavored with sesame oil. [U. S.]
CHORAGICCho*rag"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a choragus. Choragic monument, a building or column built by a victorious choragus for the reception and exhibition of the tripod which he received as a prize. Those of Lysicrates and Thrasyllus are still to be seen at Athens.
CHORAGUSCho*ra"gus, n.; pl. Choragi. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.
CHORALCho"ral, a. Etym: [LL. choralis, fr. L. chorus. See Chorus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony. Choral service, a service of song.
CHORALCho"ral, n. (Mus.)
Defn: A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals. [Sometimes written chorale.]
CHORALISTCho"ral*ist, n.
Defn: A singer or composer of chorals.
CHORALLYCho"ral*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.
CHORDChord, n. Etym: [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. cord.See Cord.]
1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
3. (Geom.)
Defn: A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
5. (Engin.)
Defn: The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. — Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. — Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. — Scale of chords. See Scale.
CHORDChord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.]
Defn: To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden.Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher.
CHORDChord, v. i. (Mus.)
Defn: To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
CHORDAChor"da, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.)
Defn: A cord. Chorda dorsalis (. Etym: [NL., lit., cord of the back.](Anat.) See Notochord.
CHORDALChor"dal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a chord.
CHORDATAChor*da"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
CHORDEEChor*dee", n. Etym: [F. cordé, cordée, p. p. of corder to cord.](Med.)
Defn: A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
CHOREChore, n. Etym: [The same word as char work done by the day.]
Defn: A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]
CHOREChore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chored; p. pr. & vb. n. Choring.]
Defn: To do chores. [U. S.]
CHOREChore, n.
Defn: A choir or chorus. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
CHOREACho*re"a. n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
CHOREECho*ree", n. Etym: [F. chorée.]
Defn: See Choreus.
CHOREGRAPHIC; CHOREGRAPHICALCho`re*graph"ic, Cho`re*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to choregraphy.
CHOREGRAPHYCho*reg"ra*phy, n. Etym: [GR. -graphy.]
Defn: The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. Craig.
CHOREICCho*re"ic, a.
Defn: Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
CHOREPISCOPALCho`re*pis"co*pal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority.
CHOREPISCOPUSCho`re*pis"co*pus, n.; pl. Chorepiscopi. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Bishop.](Eccl.)
Defn: A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
CHOREUS; CHOREE Cho*re"us, Cho*ree" (, n. Etym: [L. choreus, Gr. chorée.] (Anc. Pros.) (a) a trochee. (b) A tribrach.
CHORIAMBCho"ri*amb, n.; pl. Choriambs (.
Defn: Same as Choriambus.
CHORIAMBICCho`ri*am"bic, a. Etym: [L. choriambicus, gr.
Defn: Pertaining to a choriamb.— n.
Defn: A choriamb.
CHORIAMBUS Cho`ri*am"bus, n.; pl. L. Choriambi, E. Choriambuses. Etym: [L. choriambus, Gr. (Anc. Pros.)
Defn: A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
CHORICCho"ric, a. Etym: [L. choricus, Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a chorus.I remember a choric ode in the Hecuba. Coleridge.
CHORIONCho"ri*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Anat.) (a) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. (b) The true skin, or cutis.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
CHORISISCho"ri*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts.
Note: In collateral chorisis the parts are side by side.— In parallel or median chorisis they are one in front of another.
CHORISTCho"rist, n. Etym: [F. choriste.]
Defn: A singer in a choir; a chorister. [R.]
CHORISTERChor"is*ter, n. Etym: [See Chorus.]
1. One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. Dryden.
2. One who leads a choir in church music. [U. S.]
CHORISTICCho*ris"tic, a.
Defn: Choric; choral. [R.]
CHOROGRAPHCho"ro*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.]
Defn: An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
CHOROGRAPHERCho*rog"ra*pher, n.
1. One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. "The chorographers of Italy." Sir T. Browne.
2. A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.
CHOROGRAPHICALCho`ro*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to chorography.— Cho`ro*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
CHOROGRAPHYCho*rog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [L. chorographia, Gr.
Defn: the mapping or description of a region or district.The chorography of their provinces. Sir T. Browne.
CHOROIDCho"roid, a. Etym: [gr. (Anat.)
Defn: resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. — n.
Defn: The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye. Choroid plexus (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain.
CHOROIDALCho*roid"al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the choroid coat.
CHOROLOGYCho*rol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Biol.)
Defn: The science which treats of the laws of distribution of livingorganisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude,locality, etc.Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.
CHOROMETRYCho*rom"e*try, n. Etym: [Gr. -metry.]
Defn: The art of surveying a region or district.
CHORTLEChor"tle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chortled; p. pr. & vb. n.Chor"tling.]
Defn: A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort. [Humorous]
O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay !He chortled in his joy.Lewis Carroll.
CHORUSCho"rus, n.; pl. Choruses. Etym: [L., a dance in a ring, a danceaccompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr.Choir.]
1. (Antiq.)
Defn: A band of singers and dancers.The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers.Dryden.
2. (Gr. Drama)
Defn: A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus. What the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic. Milton.
3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]
4. (Mus.)
Defn: A company of singers singing in concert.
5. (Mus.)
Defn: A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
6. (Mus.)
Defn: Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
CHORUSCho"rus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused; p. pr. & vb. n. Chorusing.]
Defn: To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. W. D. Howells.
CHOSEChose, n.; pl. Choses. Etym: [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. SeeCause.] (Law)
Defn: A thing; personal property. Chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. — Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. — Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. — Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. Cowell. Blount.
CHOSEChose,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Choose.
CHOSENCho"sen, p. p. of Choose.
Defn: Selected from a number; picked out; choice.Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Judg. xx. 16.
CHOSENCho"sen, n.
Defn: One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.
CHOUChou, n.; pl. Choux (#). [F., fr. L. caulis stalk.]
1. A cabbage.
2. A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream.
3. A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.
CHOUANChou"an, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution.
CHOUGHChough, n. Etym: [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ceó;cf. also D. kauw, OHG. chaha; perh. akin to E. caw. *22. Cf. Caddow.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; — also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; — called also aylet and sea swallow.
CHOUICHAChou"i*cha, n. Etym: [Native name] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.
CHOUKAChou"ka, n. Etym: [Native name] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.
CHOULEChoule, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Jowl. Sir W. Scott.
CHOULTRYChoul"try, n.
Defn: See Choltry.
CHOUSE Chouse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choused; p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.] Etym: [From Turk. cha\'d4sh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of £4,000.]
Defn: To cheat, trick, defraud; — followed by of, or out of; as, tochouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness.Landor.
CHOUSEChouse, n.
1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras.
2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.
3. A swindler. B. Jonson.
CHOUTChout, n. Etym: [Mahratta chauth one fourth part.]
Defn: An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue. [India] J.Mill.
CHOWChow, n. [Chin chou.]
Defn: A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; — often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.
CHOWCHOWChow"chow`, a. Etym: [Chin.]
Defn: Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).
Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. S. W. Williams.
CHOWCHOWChow"chow`, n. (Com.)
Defn: A kind of mixed pickles.
CHOWDERChow"der, n. Etym: [F. chaudière a kettle, a pot. Cf. Caldron.]
1. (Cookery)
Defn: A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.
2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Chowder beer, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction.
CHOWDERChow"der, v. t.
Defn: To make a chowder of.
CHOWRYChow"ry, n. Etym: [Hind. chaunri.]
Defn: A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies. Malcom.
CHOWTER Chow"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OE. chowre, and Prov. E. chow, to grumble.]
Defn: To grumble or mutter like a froward child. [Obs.] E. Phillips.
CHOY ROOTChoy" root`.
Defn: See Chay root.
CHREMATISTICSChre`ma*tis"tics, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.
CHREOTECHNICSChre`o*tech"nics, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [R.]
CHRESTOMATHICChres`to*math"ic, a.
Defn: Teaching what is useful. "A chrestomathic school." Southey.
CHRESTOMATHYChres*tom"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.
CHRISMChrism, n. Etym: [OE. crisme, from AS. crisma; also OE. creme, fr.OF. cresme, like the AS. word fr. LL. chrisma, fr. Gr. friare,fricare, to rub, Skr. gharsh, E. friable, friction. Cf. Chrisom.](Gr. & R. C. Church
1. Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.
2. The same as Chrisom.
CHRISMALChris"mal, a. Etym: [LL. chrismalis.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
CHRISMATIONChris*ma"tion, n. Etym: [LL. chrismatio.]
Defn: The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. Jer.Taylor.
CHRISMATORYChris"ma*to*ry, n. Etym: [LL. chrismatorium.]
Defn: A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.
CHRISOMChris"om, n. Etym: [See Chrism.]
1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]
2. A child which died within a month after its baptism; — so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. [Obs.] Blount.
CHRISTChrist, n. Etym: [L. Christus, Gr. chri`ein to anoint. See Chrism.]
Defn: The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
CHRISTCROSSChrist"cross`, n.
1. The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, — sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial. The fescue of the dial is upon the christcross of noon. Old Play. Nares.
2. The beginning and the ending. [Obs.] Quarles.
CHRISTCROSS-ROWChrist"cross-row`,
Defn: The alphabet; — formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. From infant conning of the Christcross-row. Wordsworth.
CHRISTENChris"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Christened; p. pr. & vb. n.Christening.] Etym: [AS. cristnian to make a Christian, fr. cristen aChristian.]
1. To baptize and give a Christian name to.
2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet.
3. To Christianize. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.]